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Member Since: 4/16/2005
Band Website: youtube.com/AlonsoThePoet
Band Members: alonso
Influences: jim morrison, jimi hendrix, sid vicious, william blake, william burroughs, ani difranco, saul williams, the last poets, taylor mali, mike mcgee, shel silverstein, bitch, john lennon, bob dylan, peter tosh, allan ginsberg, franz kafka, albert camus, ghandi, henry david thoreau, gil scott heron, jack kerouac, edgar allen poe, dr. martin luther king jr., noam chomsky, howard zinn, jose marti, miguel pinero, miguel cervantes, douglas adams, robin williams, pink floyd, public enemy, rage againsnt the machine, reinaldo arenas, pablo neruda, buddha, kurt vonegut, bob marley, aldous huxley, timothy leary, george orwell, anthony burgess, snoop dogg, the clash, marlon brando, j.d.salinger, amiri baraka, maggie estep and doctor who
http://www.FreeTibet.org
Trend Micro thinks they can patent the idea of scanning for virus' at the gateway. As a result they are suing Barracuda Networks (a provider of network security) and Clam AV (a free open source anti-virus). Protect free open source software and oppose unethical business practices by companies like Trend Micro.
http://www.scriptumlibre.org/Press_Release_Boycott_Trend_Mic
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Monsanto has bullied and bribed farmers, politicians, scientists, journalists and regulators all in the quest to increase corporate profits by patenting genetic strands of life, getting approval for experimental foods that have not been adequately tested, using the legal system to overwhelm and rob people of their rights, privatizing resources and using very slick media campaigns to represent themselves as the answer to ending world hunger. Monsanto is so pervasive it is almost impossible to boycott them without growing your own food but that doesn't mean we can't expose them for what they are, pressure politicians to bring them under control and let the Monsanto know that we do not approve of their actions as a corporation.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/monlink.cfm
Burger King is in a position to make the lives of migrant workers better by agreeing to pay an extra penny per pound for tomatoes, but they refuse to do so. McDonald's and Taco Bell have already signed agreements to do so. Go to the Coalition of Immokalee Workers website to learn more.
http://www.ciw-online.org/index.html
and for more info on issues regarding farm worker justice also go to the National Farm Worker Ministry
http://www.nfwm.org/
The U.S. government has broken every treaty made with the Lakotah Nation. They suffer from higher rates of alcoholism, poverty, illiteracy, infant mortality and a shorter lifespan than the average U.S. citizen. This relationship has not been beneficial to the Lakotah people. On January 1, 2008 the Republic of Lakotah issued a statement to all foriegn governments (USA) and all private landowners within the Lakotah territory of withdrawal from all treaties with the USA. This is an attempt of the Lakotah people to help themselves and assert their legal rights. To learn more and find out how you can help go to the Republic of Lakotah website.
http://www.republicoflakotah.com/index.htm
ex·tor·tion - [ik-stawr-shuh] - noun - the act or practice of obtaining from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power, especially money or other property.
u·su·ry - [yoo-zhuh-ree] - noun - an unconscionable or exorbitant rate or amount of interest.
loan shark - [lohn-shahrk] - noun Informal - a person who lends money at excessively high rates of interest; usurer.
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Record Label: no budget productions
Type of Label: Indie
